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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Soren Moller, Karen V. Danielsen, Puria Nabliou, Nina Kimer, Flemming Bendtsen
Summary: Portal hypertension exacerbates cirrhosis and leads to major complications, but beta-blockers may cause adverse reactions in advanced cirrhosis patients.
EXPERT REVIEW OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Carrie H. S. Ruxton, Madeleine Myers
Summary: Moderate consumption of 100% fruit juice (75-224 mL daily) does not increase the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or poor glycaemic control, but instead benefits vascular function and lowers blood pressure. Observational studies suggest a link between fruit juice consumption, nutrient adequacy, and reduced risk of stroke.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Anna Zdunska, Joanna Cegielska, Sebastian Zdunski, Izabela Domitrz
Summary: The consumption of caffeine in the diet has a significant impact on the nervous system and can both relieve and trigger headaches. Caffeine affects headaches, particularly migraine, through mechanisms that have yet to be fully understood. It is also an important therapeutic agent for certain types of headaches and can cause caffeine withdrawal headaches when abruptly discontinued.
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Economics
Giulia Lotti
Summary: The research suggests that sending young offenders to more rehabilitative facilities is more effective in reducing recidivism compared to harsher facilities. Young offenders exposed to harsher punishment at the age cutoff are more likely to reoffend.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES
(2022)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ibrahim El Masri, Sharif M. Kayali, Courtland Blount, Irene Kirolos, John Paul Khouzam, Rajesh Kabra
Summary: Exercise is known to benefit health by lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease, but in patients with certain pre-existing cardiac conditions, it may lead to sudden cardiac death. Tailored recommendations are necessary for individuals with different heart conditions to ensure safe and beneficial exercise.
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Henrik Marschall, Axel Forman, Sigrid Juhl Lunde, Ulrik Schioler Kesmodel, Karina Ejgaard Hansen, Lene Vase
Summary: This article discusses the importance of placebo-controlled surgical designs and the methodological difficulties in estimating the effectiveness of surgical procedures. It focuses on the uncertainty of the pain-relieving effect of surgery for women with peritoneal endometriosis. The planned placebo-controlled trial aims to examine the effect of surgery on pain and test the contribution of contextual factors to pain relief.
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Veterinary Sciences
Turker Cavusoglu, Aylin Gokhan, Canberk Tomruk, Cansin Sirin, Kubilay Dogan Kilic, Guerkan Yigitturk
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of platelet-rich plasma on the cryopreservation of ovarian tissue. The results showed that cryopreservation with PRP-supplemented vitrification solution caused excessive degeneration of rat ovaries, possibly due to the activation of calcium chloride.
PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ah Ran Oh, Jungchan Park, Jong-Hwan Lee, Hara Kim, Kwangmo Yang, Jin-Ho Choi, Joonghyun Ahn, Ji Dong Sung, Seung-Hwa Lee
Summary: This study found that perioperative adverse cardiac events (PACE) in noncardiac surgery were associated with 1-year mortality. Further research is needed to determine the acceptability of PACE as an endpoint in clinical studies.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, MacIntosh Cornwell, Erik J. Offerman, Caron B. Rockman, Svati H. Shah, Jonathan D. Newman, Kelly Ruggles, Deepak Voora, Jeffrey S. Berger
Summary: Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS) is a common complication that can lead to major adverse cardiovascular events. Through pre-operative whole blood gene expression profiling, we identified pathways related to platelet activity and coagulation that are associated with MINS. Additionally, higher pre-operative THBS1 mRNA expression was found to be a risk factor for subsequent development of MINS and was associated with cardiovascular events.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sameer Prasada, Milind Y. Desai, Marwan Saad, Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, Michael Faulx, Venu Menon, Rohit Moudgil, Pulkit Chaudhury, Ayman A. Hussein, Tyler Taigen, Shady Nakhla, Amgad Mentias
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of pre-existing atrial fibrillation (AF) on adverse outcomes after noncardiac surgery. The results showed that AF was associated with increased risk of mortality, heart failure, and stroke, but decreased risk of myocardial infarction. AF improved the discriminative ability of the revised cardiac risk index.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sameer Prasada, Milind Y. Desai, Marwan Saad, Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, Michael Faulx, Venu Menon, Rohit Moudgil, Pulkit Chaudhury, Ayman A. Hussein, Tyler Taigen, Shady Nakhla, Amgad Mentias
Summary: Pre-existing atrial fibrillation is independently associated with higher risk of mortality, heart failure, and stroke after noncardiac surgery, but lower risk of myocardial infarction. Atrial fibrillation improves the discriminative ability of RCRI.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Francesca Falzarano, Holly G. Prigerson, Paul K. Maciejewski
Summary: Grief is a common emotion experienced by advanced cancer patients and family caregivers, with studies showing that their grief tends to be synchronized and that patients' grief remains stable while caregivers' grief declines. Completion of advance directives such as a living will may increase patient grief but decrease caregiver grief, suggesting that advance care planning may prompt grief work in patients while promoting grief resolution in caregivers.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Lan-Ping Wu, Ke Pang, Bo Li, Yuan Le, Yong-Zhong Tang
Summary: This study aimed to explore the predictive value of pre-operative HbA1c for post-operative AKI in non-cardiac surgery patients. The results showed that elevated pre-operative HbA1c was independently associated with post-operative AKI risk and improved the predictive power of a logistic regression model based on traditional clinical risk factors for AKI.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Anesthesiology
Hiroki Ogata, Yuka Matsuki, Takuma Okamoto, Ryusuke Ueki, Nobutaka Kariya, Tsuneo Tatara, Kenji Shigemi, Munetaka Hirose
Summary: The mean nociceptive response index during gastrointestinal surgery may correlate with major complications in the postoperative period.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
(2021)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Tatsuya Fujikawa
Summary: This article discusses the use of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents during surgery, as well as the role of tranexamic acid in reducing bleeding.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)